Host Booths

Rain Taxi Review of Books

Visit the Rain Taxi Review of Books table where you’ll find free copies of our latest issue and deep discounts on subscriptions, tees, beanies, and chapbooks! Plus this is where you enter the Book Festival Raffle to win fantastic prizes, including signed books, event tickets, gift certificates, t-shirts, and more!

Used Book and Record Bonanza

Hunt for literary treasures among the stacks at Rain Taxi's annual Used Book & Record Bonanza—all proceeds go to help support the Festival. Want to donate your used books or records to the Twin Cities Book Festival? Contact us at bookfest [at] raintaxi.com.

Food at the Festival

This year we have two food vendors ready to feed hungry book-lovers, so you’ll be able to take a food break and enjoy the Festival as long as you like!

BOOK FAIR EXHIBITORS

In between seeing your favorite author presentations at the Twin Cities Book Festival, make time to peruse the Book Fair, which features more than 130 publishers, authors, book dealers, and more! Each year, exhibitors offer special prices on merchandise and other perks, and many include author signings at their tables.

EXHIBITOR SPECIALS AND SIGNINGS

Check back for a list of Exhibitor Specials!

ORGANIZATIONAL EXHIBITOR SPECIALS

Many Festival exhibitors offer special discounts, activities, prize drawings, author signings, and more at their tables. Below is a list of confirmed Specials and Signings, but check back for updates and visit ALL our exhibitors for unannounced specials as well!

Ally PressDan Hill from Sensory Logic will be present at:1 pm: Unveiling of results for the top 3 emotions Donald Trump shows
Mini-debrief session on facial expression displays during Ford/Kavanaugh hearing1:15 pm: Author signings of Famous Faces Decoded by Dan Hill2 pm: Raffle for free copy, one each, of Famous Faces Decoded and Decoding Faces2 - 3 pm: Special discount rate for Emotionomics (from $20 to $10)3 pm: Unveiling of results for the top 3 emotions Donald Trump shows
Mini-debrief session on facial expression displays during Ford/Kavanaugh hearing3:30 pm: Raffle for free copy, one each, of Famous Faces Decoded and Decoding Faces

ChronicleAll Day: Will be offering free bookmarks and stickers. You can will receive a promo code for a month of membership when you sign up for free monthly story email. There will also be a raffle for a signed, framed print of one of our covers by local artist Mike Jandora.

Curious Cat Books10:30 am: Cheryl Wilke, author of At The Cabin, will be signingAll Day: Drawing to win a free book at the end of the day, as well as a buy three, get one free deal.

Queen of Swords PressAll day: We will be hosting author Michael Merriam at our table. Michael and Catherine Lundoff will be available for signings all day. We will also have table specials on all our print titles.

Sigma's BookshelfAll day: Will be selling books for $6, $7 and $13 (tax included), and 7 teen authors will be appearing throughout the day to sign books. There will also be a raffle for a Taste of Minnesota gift box donated by Lunds & Byerlys to raise money for the project. Sigma’s Bookshelf is a project of Springboard for the Arts, a nonprofit arts services organization.Author appearances:
Justin M. Anderson, Nothing But Trouble, Saving Stripes: A Kitty’s Story
Kayla Jarppi, Heaven’s Note
Vivian Olson, Ela’s Diary
Ellie Abood and Aashna Kshirsagar, Throne Spirits
Bella Skaja, Demons Unfolding
Tiffany Lonetto, No Ordinary Summer

Wonderfull Books All Day: Enter to win a beautiful book designed by award-winning Wonderfull Books. Selections include signed copies of Emil Milan: Midcentury Master and Gord Peteran: Furniture Meets Its Maker. Come by the Wonderfull Books table for free giveaways and enter to win a fabulous book. Check out our new editions here.

AUTHOR EXHIBITOR SPECIALS

T.J. AkersAll Day:
Drawing for a plushy character pack of six characters from Dusty's Adventures (no purchase necessary to enter).
Anyone who makes a purchase from this exhibitor will be entered into a drawing for a new Apple iPad!

Phyllis Cole-Dai
Like to read historical fiction about Minnesota? Enter a prize drawing for an autographed copy of Beneath the Same Stars: A Novel of the 1862 U.S.-Dakota War by Phyllis Cole-Dai. Three copies to be given away. For a chance to win, stop by the author’s booth (#309) and sign up for her email list.

Oumar Dieng
Book giveaway: patrons can win a copy of Dieng's latest book by entering a drawing.

El Holly
El Holly's "Imagination is Key" Giveaway includes a box light set, a sketchbook/journal, a pen, a bookmark, and a set of gold bookends.

Phil Juliano
Free Best In Show (my comic strip from which the book is based) buttons for those that sign up for my mailing list.

Neve Maslakovic
Giveaway: Sign up for e-mail newsletter and be entered to win a $25 Amazon Gift Card and a signed paperback of The Bellbottom Incident.

Duke Pieper
Visitors can enter a giveaway of Duke Pieper's book I'm Alive: Courage, Hope, and a Miracle by stopping by his table.
Ruby R. Wilson
Calling all poetry lovers! Enter a prize drawing for an autographed copy of the award-winning Poetry of Presence: An Anthology of Mindfulness Poetry. One copy to be given away. For a chance to win, stop by the editor’s booth (Ruby R. Wilson, #316) and join the book's email list.